The first planned public viewing of the Sun at the Highland Road Park Observatory will be from 12pm to 2pm on Saturday 6 January. It is not yet known what the sunspot production will be this coming year, although the Sun is quieting--heading toward solar minimum. In 2017 there were at least thirty-one geomagnetic storm alerts, two solar radiation storm alerts and three radio blackout alerts.

Danko's Clear Dark Sky states that during HRPO's viewing time the transparency rating will be "average" (3 out of 5) and the seeing rating will be "good" (4 out of 5). There is one active region on the Sun and no space weather alerts. HRPO will close at 2pm and reopen later for Plus Night.

The next solar viewing session will be from 2pm to 3:30pm on Saturday 24 February during HRPO's NanoDays event. This event will have several demonstrations and experiments related to the science of nanotechnology.

There is currently some weak solar activity in the form of Active Region 2699. Within the next twenty-four hours one should take a look if possible. Probably it is not possible today, but below is the NOAA forecast for 2pm to 4pm tomorrow...precipitation potential, 4%sky cover, 58%relative humidity, 62%temperature, 27˚Csurface wind, SW 24 km/hDanko's Clear Dark Sky states that during HRPO's viewing time the transparency rating will be "below average" (2 out of 5) and the seeing rating will be "average" (3 out of 5).

Danko's Clear Dark Sky states that during HRPO's viewing time the transparency rating will be "below average" (2 out of 5) and the seeing rating will be "bad" (1 out of 5). There is no active region on the Sun, but there is a G1 alert for Monday. HRPO will not close early as NanoDays will take place until 6pm and there is a lecture at 6:15pm.

Danko's Clear Dark Sky states that during HRPO's viewing time the transparency rating will be "average" (3 out of 5) and the seeing rating will be "poor" (2 out of 5). There is no active region on the Sun, but there is a G1 alert for Thursday.

HRPO will be open from 4pm to 6pm today for patrons to watch the live broadcast of the TESS launch. Solar viewing will be attempted at that time. Below is the NOAA forecast for 4pm to 6pm...precipitation potential, 0%sky cover, 0%relative humidity, 33%temperature, 21˚Csurface wind, NW 12 km/h

Danko's Clear Dark Sky states that during HRPO's viewing time the transparency rating will be "above average" (4 out of 5) and the seeing rating will be "poor" (2 out of 5). There is no active region on the Sun, and there is no alert (geomagnetic storm, solar radiation or radio blackout) at this time.

Viewing of the Sun will be attempted on Saturday 21 April from 3pm to 5:30pm at the Highland Road Park Observatory as part of International Astronomy Day. Below is the current NOAA forecast for that time...precipitation potential, 67%sky cover, 7%relative humidity, 52%temperature, 25˚Cheat index, 26˚Csurface wind, SE 16 km/h

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum